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Effects Of A Program To Correct Career Myths Among University Of Nebraska Undergraduates, David L. Erickson Dec 1983

Effects Of A Program To Correct Career Myths Among University Of Nebraska Undergraduates, David L. Erickson

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The career myths concept was developed in recent years to explain one type of difficulty that counselors have in helping clients implement a rational plan of career decision-making.Career myths are those incorrect or self-defeating career-related beliefs or attitudes which either 1) serve to inhibit the client from making a career decision, or 2) cause the client to make a premature decision, without sufficient regard for self or occupational information.College counselors consider career myths to be a major impediment to rational career planning.

The main goal of this study has been to test the hypothesis that career myths can be effectively …